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Signal vs Telegram

In the last article about encrypted communication and clients for big brother apps, we explained what the network effect is, what privacy actually is, and all the different ways we can look at it. We also outlined why, from a security and privacy perspective, I don’t consider Telegram to be as good a technology as […]

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You have nothing to hide: Replacing Telegram, Twitter & YouTube

Young people use Discord and enjoy networking in the communities there. Russians and Yankees use Telegram massively and replicate their memebionts across the world. Elon Musk is constantly producing buzz about Twitter. And so on. There are debates about some kind of “privacy” and “security” around it as well as how many people are using

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How meth saves lives and why it’s rational to ignore every (drug) policy

Aimo Koivunen and his story Try to put yourself in the shoes of a Finnish soldier navigating the harsh Lapland wilderness on a freezing winter’s day. It’s about 10 a.m., your unit has been on the move almost continuously for more than two days, skiing in knee-deep snow. Everyone is already completely exhausted, the temperature

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Designer Drug Manifesto

To all the narcissistic psychopaths, criminals and murderers who allow themselves to make decisions about the lives of others without remorse! It is you who have caused the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Not the substances, people and activities that you think you are fighting with your controls. You spread fear and create prisons

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